Discrepancy in GDP, value added (current US$) by country

This is the discrepancy included in the value added of services, etc. Covered here are any discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from linking new and old series in the World Bank data base. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Countries reporting
52
Highest
3.97 billion current US$
Egypt
Lowest
-1.55 billion current US$
Senegal
Median
0 current US$
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
1,861

What the numbers show

Discrepancy in GDP, value added (current US$) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 3.97 billion current US$ in Egypt; the lowest is -1.55 billion current US$ in Senegal.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 current US$, and the mean is 129.06 million current US$.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 3,289,720,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Senegal (down 1,498.1%).

Discrepancy in GDP, value added: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 3.97 billion current US$ 2011 up 7,285,350.0% volatile
2 Angola 2.46 billion current US$ 2011 up 3,431.4% volatile
3 Cameroon 696.71 million current US$ 2006 up 1,052.6% volatile
4 Benin 553.49 million current US$ 2011 up 190.9% volatile
5 Gabon 550.40 million current US$ 2006 up 58.6% volatile
6 Rwanda 393.42 million current US$ 2011 up 310.3% volatile
7 Mali 268.95 million current US$ 2007 up 8,119,430.0% volatile
8 Congo 243.04 million current US$ 2011 up 131.7% volatile
9 Cape Verde 204.98 million current US$ 2011 up 260.1% volatile
10 Seychelles 172.36 million current US$ 2011 up 643.4% volatile
11 Togo 169.30 million current US$ 2005 up 74.0% volatile
12 Botswana 108.38 million current US$ 2011 up 1,582,700.0% volatile
13 Liberia 93.50 million current US$ 2011 up 122.1% volatile
14 Niger 82.59 million current US$ 2003 up 211.0% volatile
15 Gambia 50.29 million current US$ 2011 up 340.9% volatile
16 Sao Tome and Principe 34.57 million current US$ 2011 up 367.1% rising
17 Mauritania 26.66 million current US$ 2011 volatile
18 Uganda 21.77 million current US$ 1996 volatile
19 Somalia 6.10 million current US$ 1986 down 70.2% volatile
20 Comoros 1.15 million current US$ 1998 up 34,175,400.0% volatile
21 Equatorial Guinea 998,158 current US$ 2008 volatile
22 Cote d'Ivoire 218,957 current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
23 Namibia 137,720 current US$ 2011 up 159.3% volatile
24 Chad 146.35 current US$ 2008 up 3,289,720,000.0% volatile
25 Sudan 0 current US$ 2011 volatile
26 Guinea 0 current US$ 2011 volatile
27 Burundi 0 current US$ 2011 volatile
28 Nigeria 0 current US$ 2006 flat
28 Tunisia 0 current US$ 2011 volatile
28 South Africa 0 current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
28 Zimbabwe 0 current US$ 1998 flat
28 Malawi 0 current US$ 2002 volatile
28 Morocco 0 current US$ 2010 volatile
28 Central African Republic 0 current US$ 1999 flat
28 Guinea-Bissau 0 current US$ 2002 flat
28 Ghana 0 current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
28 Ethiopia 0 current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
28 Algeria 0 current US$ 2008 flat
28 Djibouti 0 current US$ 2006 volatile
40 Democratic Republic of Congo -0 current US$ 2011 down 100.0% volatile
41 Tanzania -0 current US$ 2011 volatile
42 Mauritius -34,836 current US$ 2011 down 150.7% volatile
43 Eritrea -5.03 million current US$ 2009 up 87.8% volatile
44 Sierra Leone -44.14 million current US$ 2011 down 357.7% volatile
45 Lesotho -46.94 million current US$ 2011 down 512.6% volatile
46 Eswatini -73.06 million current US$ 2011 down 210.5% volatile
47 Madagascar -93.12 million current US$ 2009 down 139.7% volatile
48 Burkina Faso -246.13 million current US$ 2011 down 301.2% volatile
49 Zambia -261.25 million current US$ 2011 down 32.5% volatile
50 Mozambique -306.80 million current US$ 2011 down 238.1% volatile
51 Kenya -771.05 million current US$ 2011 volatile
52 Senegal -1.55 billion current US$ 2011 down 1,498.1% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Discrepancy in GDP, value added (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
52 places, 1,861 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

This is the discrepancy included in the value added of services, etc. Covered here are any discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from linking new and old series in the World Bank data base. Data are in current U.S. dollars.